Odell Beckham Jr. Made the Greatest Catch That Didn't Count

Odell Beckham Jr. is an athletic freak of nature. You might recall his touchdown catch against the Cowboys last year that shattered everyone's understandings of what exactly a wide receiver could do. It looked a little something like this:

Yeah. That's wildly impressive. In fact, it was so impressive that one of the major additions to Madden this year was the ability to make catches just like OBJ. But there's an argument to be made that Beckham's catch this afternoon was even more impressive even though he was out of bounds when he made it. Lay your eyes on this goodness:

Look at that extension. From a purely physical perspective, this catch seems like it could arguably be considered more impressive than his Dallas TD. The extension is greater. He's higher off the ground. Sure, the Dallas one is more impressive in that it was a TD catch, the coverage was better, and it counted, but either way, let's just appreciate the kind of jaw-dropping "WTF-did-he-just-do?!" plays that OBJ is bringing into our lives. These are "tell the grandkids about them" type plays. Of course your grandkids will probably say "What's football?" And you'll have to explain to them all about that sport that used to be huge before concussions and brain trauma ruined it, but what a fun history-filled conversation that will be for them.